but three
of them for the entire twelve months. Thirty-five workers have been
employed, ten of whom have been Chinese brethren. The months of labor
aggregate 354.

The total number who have been enrolled as pupils in our schools is
1,380. This is larger by 249 than the enrollment of the previous year,
and by 336 than that of the year before. The _average_ membership
month by month was in the aggregate, 523; the average attendance, 319.
These numbers are also in excess of the corresponding ones in several
previous years. Among these members of our schools there are 211 that
profess to have ceased from idolatry, and 150 who are believed to be
true disciples of Christ. I cannot now state the exact number who have
professed conversion during the year, but I believe it to be about
_forty_. If so, the total number who have declared themselves to
be Christians and have been accepted as such by our brethren, is more
than 750.

The expenditures have been $11,019, of which more than 1,600 came
from the Chinese themselves, while their offerings for mission work in
China and expenses met in connection with Christian work in California
would show a giving on their part of at least $2,500 during the year.

SOME OTHER TOKENS OF GOOD.--Our helper, Loo Quong, writes as follows
from Los Angeles under date of Sept. 20th: "Now I have some good news
to tell you this time. The first one is this, that _five_ of
our brethren will receive their baptism on Sunday in the First
Congregational Church. I brought them all down to the church to be
proved by the pastor and the deacons, and they all gave their good
testimonies to the satisfaction of all. Dr. Hutchins [Rev. R.G.
Hutchins, D.D., pastor] was so glad on hearing this good news again.
There will now be eleven Chinese members among his white flock.
He spoke very kind towards the Chinese and our school in their
prayer-meeting, as he always did so in his preaching." Another item of
good news is, that by an arrangement among the ladies of this church,
a reduction in the teaching force which I have been compelled to make
is to be made good by volunteer service, each lady giving one evening
in each week. I earnestly hope that this good example may be followed
in others of our churches.

At San Buenaventura the new mission house, finished several months
ago, gives great satisfaction. It is not the property of the Mission,
but has been built for it and is rented to us at cost. We can rely
upon